apoplectic

From Latin apoplecticus, from Greek apoplektikos (relating to a stroke),
from apoplessein (to disable by a stroke). Ultimately from the Indo-European
root plak- (to strike), which also gave us plague, plankton, fling, and
complain. Earliest documented use: 1625.

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that! -Lewis Carroll, mathematician and writer (27 Jan 1832-1898)